THE PASCHAL PASTIMES: Memorial Day Weekend

This past weekend we headed up to Oklahoma to visit Jacob's Mammaw and Papaw. We didn't leave for the trip until after Jacob got off work on Friday, so we didn't arrive at his grandparents house until 3 a.m. that night. Lots of coffee, red bull, and sour skittles and we were golden!

On saturday morning we got up and all went to eat a yummy breakfast at the local Golden Corral. We ate lots of food and Jacob even won Jayda a cute little teddy bear in the claw machine. After breakfast we went over to the Relay for Life garage sale at the bank. Surprisingly enough I found 4 pairs of super cute sandals. They just needed a little cleaning up and wahlaaa, good as new! I was so excited because I was really needing some new dress shoes. We then headed over to the store where Mammaw works at to get a few things. Jayda rode on the penny horse over and over and LOVED it. It's so funny to see her riding it because Jacob said his Papaw used to bring him there when he was a kid and fill his pockets up with pennies and he'd just ride and ride while his Papaw helped Granny get her groceries. It was really sweet! They were even giving away ice cream samples at the store, so guess who wanted some?? After all the excitement we took Jayda home to take a nap. The boys stayed with her (and napped too) and the girls headed out to find Mammaw a new chair for her sunroom. We looked around at several different furniture stores and found the perfect one at our last stop. It is super comfy and really pretty! The boys had to come meet us to pick it up and then they headed to the casino. That afternoon it started raining so Jayda decided it would be fun to go out and play in the "splash park". I guess it is kinda like the splash park since there is water going everywhere. She had so much fun playing out there jumping in puddles, running around like crazy, and playing with the little girl next door. Who needs water parks when you can just play in the rain (or I suppose a sprinkler would do the trick too)?!

On sunday we hung out most of the day then had a bbq that night. Jacob grilled hamburgers and hot dogs and Mammaw's sister and brother in law came over to enjoy the good food. We had a delicious dinner and fun time hanging out with everyone. After Jayda went to sleep we decided to play Russian Rumy (not sure if that's the right spelling, it's a card game). We didn't really think about how long it would take to play the game and started around 9:30 p.m. Well, we only played 1 game and didn't even finish it until 2 a.m.!! Whew! It was a really fun game to play, but next time we'll have to start playing a little earlier!

Monday morning came way to soon and we drug ourself out of bed around 9 a.m. We got all of our stuff ready and loaded the cars down and headed out around noon. We drove to Huntsville to pick up the pups at my parents house, eat dinner, and bathe Jayda, then continued on to our house. We finally got home last night at 11:30 p.m., thank goodness! We had a great weekend and so much fun spending time with our family!! Thanks Oma and Oupa for taking care of our other 2 babies while we were gone!!

Riding the "Yee-haw".